Bag holder



July 22, 1924.

A. J. STRAUB BAG HOLDER Filed April 23. 1923 @ZM ZW vi July 22, i924.

STATES ALBERT J. STRAUB, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

BAG HOLDER.

Application filed April 23, 1923. Serial No. 634,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. STRAUB, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Fresno, in the county of Fresno, State of Galifornia, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Ba Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to store furniture and the object thereof is to provide a rack or holder for holding bags of various sizes in a manner for the convenient removal of a be of any desired size singly as required and to allow of filling each individual holder with a plurality of bags.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character so mounted as to be easilyand quickly transported from place to place if desired or as desired, or the same may be securely mounted upon a wall or other desired place of use.

While I have shown and will describe m device as adapted to holding cloth bags suc 1 as are used b seedsmen and the like, it will be obvious t at it is equally adaptable for holding paper bags.

Other ob ects and advantages will a pear hereinafter and while I have shown an will describe the preferred form of my invention, I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to such preferred form but that various chan es and adaptations may be made therein wit out departmg from the spirit of m invention.

the drawings accompanying and formina part hereo ig. 1 is a side'elevation of the preferred form of my device.

Fig. 2 is a left hand elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on the line 3-=3 of Fig. 1.

Fi 4 is a'view similar to Fig. 3 in a modlfied form.

Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged front and side elevations, respectively, of the bag holding members.

eferring to the drawings, my device comprises vertically extending standards 7 and 8 the lower ends of which terminate in transverse foot members 9 and 10 the ends of which are supported by caster wheels 11 of any suitable or desired construction. Brace members 12 and 13 are provided to secure members 7 and 8 against horizontal movement relative to members 9 and 10. 'Rigidly connected at their ends to the front side of a 7 and 8, at the upper ends thereof,

is a longitudinally extendin bar 14 on the e o o lnner face of whlch, at pre etermlned distances apart, are the bag holding members 15. Mounted upon the opposite sides -of members 7 and 8 from member14 is a bag holding rail or bar 16. My bag holding member comprises a rectangular frame composed of side members 17 and 18 and cross bars 19 and 20. Coiled around cross bar 20 is a coil spring 21 one end of which extends upwardly and terminates in a hook 22 which rests upon the upper face of side member 17 The other end of spring 21 extends upwardly and terminates in an inturned sharpened point 23 which is driven into bar 14 or which may besecured thereto in any other suitable manner. cured upon bar 14 by means of staples 24 and 25 which are driven into bar 14 at each end of spring 21. Revolubly mounted upon cross bar 19 is a roller 26 the purpose of which will be obvious.

' In the use of my device the bags will be suspended at either and between the roller 26 and bar 16. When it is desired to remove a bag, either end of the same may be grasped and the bag drawn upwardly or downwardly as the case may be.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A rack for holding bags comprising a pair of spaced vertically extending and members; a bag supporting rail connecting the upper ends of said end members at the rear edges thereof; a bar connecting the up or ends of said end members opposite said ag supporting rail; a plurality of bag holdin members mounted on the inner face of sai bar adapted to engage and hold bags against said bag supporting rail.

2. A bag holding rack comprising side members; a be supporting rail connecting said side mem rs at the rear edges thereof; a bar connecting the 11 per ends of said side members opposite sai bag supporting rail, in combination with a plurality oi bag,

holding members mounted u on the mner face of said bar adapted to frictionally support bags between the same and said bag supporting rail.

3. In combination with a bag holding rack having a air of spaced vertically extending end mem ers and horizontally extendin bars connecting the upper ends of said on members on opposite sides thereof, of a bag retainer forms of a single length of wire Crossbar 20 is held sebent to form two longitudinal members and transverse end members, one of said longi- 'tudinal members being bent to project beyond the plane of the other longitudinal member; a spring coiled around the other of said longitudinal members having one end bent to engage one of the transverse members and its other end secured to the inner face of one of said bars, said first mentioned transverse member. being adapted to bear against a bag and hold the same in frictional engagement with the other bar of said frame.

4. A bag holding rack including a frame comprising a pair of'spaced, vertically extending end members; rollers sup orting said end members at the lower ends tliereof; a pair of cross members connecting the upper ends of said endmembers at opposite 2o sides thereof; in combination with a plurality of bag holding members mounted upon the inner face of one of said cross members, each of said bag holding members comprising a substantially rectangular frame pivotally mounted at one end upon the inner face of one of said cross members and having its other end adapted to bear against the opposed face ofthe other rail; a spring coiled, around the pivoted, end of said frame having one end bearing against one side of said frame and the otherend connectedto said cross member, whereby the free end of said frame is held in yieldable engagement against the opposed face of the other rail; and a roller revolubly mounted upon the free end of said rectangular frame.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of April, 1923. v 1

ALBERT .J. STRAUB. 

